Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn and Pub One of the most common observations Americans make when they first visit Europe is just how old things [Read More…]
Destinations
A Sunday Drive in the Cotswolds
Our Driving Route Tour of the Cotswolds For postcard-perfect touring and hundreds of pictures of quintessentially English thatched-roof houses, fields of sheep partitioned by low [Read More…]
In the Birthplace of the Bard
From The House Shakespeare Might Have Been Born In Shakespeare wrote in the dozen or so years before 1600 and the dozen or so years [Read More…]
Final Thoughts on Turkey
One of the “bonus” museums we got with our Istanbul museum card was the Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam. [Read More…]
Istanbul’s Archaeology and Mosaic Museums
Assyrian Reliefs: It’s Not a Purse, It’s Assyrian! This empty nest travel blog couple bought a 3-day Istanbul museum card in part because it gave [Read More…]
Hagia Sophia: Church, Mosque, Museum
Hagia Sophia It appears regularly in movies, usually east-meets-west spy thrillers or Dan Brown-esque conspiracies where a certain Christian-Muslim-secular mystery and intrigue is required. The [Read More…]
Three Mosques of Istanbul
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque Once we got to Istanbul, it took us a few days to go into a mosque. It wasn’t for lack of opportunity: [Read More…]
Topkapi Palace and Dealing with Crowds
The Topkapi Palace is a sprawling complex that was the royal residence of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years from the mid [Read More…]
The Bazaars of Istanbul
An Entrance to the Grand Bazaar One of the most famous attractions of Istanbul is the Grand Bazaar, and it’s been at (or near) the [Read More…]
1 Wonder of the Ancient World
Quick, name the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. And no cheating with Wikipedia! Chances are you could get about three, maybe four: the Great [Read More…]